Chapter 2. The girl from my dream

MELODY'S Point of view

I walked into the lecture hall, it was so noisy, that I haven't seen anything as loud as my classroom yet. I sat down and started recalling seeing him back in the hall—he was just so perfect. For some reason, the whole lecture hall became quiet—hmm, I guess professor Michael came early today, that's a first, he's always been tardy before. Someone sat down beside me, probably Kenna. I was still focused on imagining him.

"Whoa, you're so much prettier up close."

NO WAY!

I turned, and it was him. he was sitting beside me. I'm glad I'm not the stuttering type, I tell it as it is. I smiled.

"Hi, I'm Melody."

"I'm Seth. has anyone ever told you how pretty you are, I mean you look so animated. you look just like the girl in my dream."

HE DREAMS ABOUT ME TOO! AWESOME!

"Are you in this department?"

I asked him.

"No, I just wanted to get a good look at you."

"Hey Seth, I found it, let's go."

That muscly guy from earlier peered his head through the door.

"See you later."

He stood up, winking at me before leaving.

***

PROSE MODE

It was lunch break and many students headed for the cafeteria, Seth and Tiger headed there too.

"So are you enrolling here?"

Tiger asked.

"Of course I am."

"Seriously? you've only spent three hours here."

"Well, I love having an interactive lecture. the professors are well organized, it's pretty much the best learning experience I could ask for."

"Good, I'll enroll you before the end of the day."

"Thanks, Tiger."

As soon as they stepped into the cafeteria, everyone sitting turned around for a few seconds to look at them.

"You actually came here!"

Sage and Skipper approached Seth.

"Of course I did."

"Who's covering for you at home?"

Sage questioned with a raised eyebrow, arms folded.

"I found his look-alike."

Tiger boasted of feeling so full of himself.

"You mean you found some shapeshifter," She turned to Seth.

"So do you think mum and dad won't know their own son?"

Then she looked back at Tiger, he had suddenly realized that the Queen would be able to decipher based on His mind. How did he forget that?

"I'm so proud of you Seth," Three sets of eyes bobbed in her direction.

"Why are you all staring at me? Seth's here and it officially makes it his first act of disobedience. Is it so wrong to congratulate him?"

Sage slapped the middle of her forehead.

"Look bro, I love you and that's why I'm advising you to leave right now."

Skipper felt insulted at Sage's statement.

"What the-Seth, I love you more than she does. So just stay till the end of the day, if you like it, join us if you don't then—"

Skipper shrugged, Seth was about to reply when he sighted Melody sitting beside some gothic chick.

"See you guys later."

He walked past his sisters and got a tray of food, before heading over to her table.

"So I'm guessing Luke wants to get back together with you, right?"

Yona asked rhetorically.

"Isn't that just stupid, I mean he was the one who dumped you last semester."

Kenna butted in irritated, she just hated all men.

"I know right, he should just buzz off cuz my feelings for him were deleted along with my selfies of the two of us."

Melody snapped then sipped her smoothie.

"Melody, can you imagine this? My... My..."

Yona totally shut down, Melody looked up at her and followed her gaze, Seth was sitting opposite her.

"Um, Mel we'll see you later."

Kenna said and they both scurried off to another table.

"Hey, how are you?"

He asked her as he put his tray down.

"I'm good. Can you sniff out fairies or something? You've managed to find me two times in a row."

"Well, I don't think meeting you is a coincidence. I've been seeing you in my dreams for a long time."

"Let me guess, since last two years, march maybe?"

"Yeah, how'd you know? You dream about me too?"

Melody sipped her drink while looking away.

"Fat chance."

"But do you?"

She hesitated to try to pull her attention back to the food she'd ordered.

"Well, maybe a little."

"Whoa, I love your eyes, they change colour?"

Melody visibly froze, it happened? Again!

"Are my eyes violet?"

"No, they're deeper than that, yes violet with a sharp maroon touch underneath."

She heard herself gasp.

"Um, did I say something wrong?"

He leaned in closer to get a better view of her beautiful eyes.

"No, it's just..."

***

Seth was heading for his first lecture when two guys cornered him, one super muscly, the other coolly dressed.

"Um, can I help you with something?"

"I saw my girlfriend Sage talking to you in the cafeteria, is it because you're way more attractive or what?"

The one who looked super cool grunted, and although he seemed like the type with a vivacious personality, the tone of his statement didn't portray him as such.

"And I overheard my girlfriend Skipper telling you she loves you. She's never told me that I don't think she's told any of her ex-boyfriends that either."

The muscly one lamented through gritted teeth. Seth resisted the urge to burst out laughing, he knew who they were now anyway.

"You're Rodney Skillet and Heath Moore, right?"

The two of them exchanged glances.

"How'd you know who we are?"

The muscly one asked, that's Rodney.

"Yeah, what he said," Heath arched an eyebrow at Seth.

"Cuz Sage and Skipper talk about you a lot."

"What do you mean they told you, who the hell are you?"

Rodney crunched his knuckles, his forehead vein throbbing.

"I'm their brother."

***

Well, by five pm school was over for surveyors. Sage and Skipper were already at home, their lectures ended by four. Tiger had an errand to run for Seth's dad, so he left. Seth was driving out of the school when he saw Melody waiting at the bus stop, he smirked and drove up to her.

"Can I drive you home?"

"Are you sure Seth? it's pretty late already."

"Of course, get in".

She wasn't so sure about it but she got in anyway.

"You are so lucky, the two most popular girls at school, talked to you."

"Do you mean Sage and Skipper?"

"Of course. it's all anyone's talking about today, even on the school's Pacebook page."

"What do they use to grade popularity here?"

"Beauty, wealth, brains, talent—pretty much the usual."

"That means you must be popular too."

"No, it doesn't work like that. I used to be popular back when I was dating Luke but things didn't work out."

"You have a boyfriend?"

"Not anymore."

"Why'd you guys break up?"

"I'd rather not talk about it."

Melody looked out the window, why did he ask her that so casually? Rude much.

***

SETH'S POV

"So are you enrolling at our school?"

Skipper asked as soon as their parents left the dining hall.

"Of course I am."

"This is a terrible idea Seth and you know it."

Sage sipped her drink.

"Stop being paranoid Sage, you've gotta lighten up a little."

Skipper said before turning to me.

"So tell us about um that girl you sat next to during lunch break?"

"Oh, you mean Melody."

"So that's her name, I'm guessing you like her a lot."

Sage chipped in.

"Of course I do, I need major advice here, I mean, like this is the first time I'm actually liking a girl."

Sage and Skipper burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?"

He couldn't understand why they were laughing at him. Was it something he said?

***

I hadn't seen Melody all day, I had Tiger check out the cafeteria cuz Skipper dragged me over to the popular kid's table, and the introduction began.

"That's my bestie Sloane, a level seventeen cyborg."

Sloane looked more rugged than Skipper with her spiky hair, roughly packed into two ponytails, it was dyed magenta with chartreuse highlights towards the end.

"And that's Kevin our drummer boy. He's a formidable wizard too."

He looked it you'd think someone was exaggerating if they tried to explain it to you.

"Kourtney, fastest swimmer although not a mermaid. She's a werewolf."

It seemed like she just came out of a Jewelry box.

"Our forward for the school team, Axle. He's a ghoul."

He and I both fists bumped, I think he and I are gonna get along just fine.

"Welcome to Think Green dude."

"Next is the head of the cheerleading team, Rockzy. She's an earth witch, proudly the leader of her coven."

She on the hand looked like a whole makeup kit threw up on her.

"Diego, the top student in the whole school, also a werewolf."

He looked decent but the man did love black.

"And lastly, Devin and Raves, Dragon and Shape Shifter. The best dancers think Green has to offer," Skipper concluded.

"Hi!"

They echoed simultaneously.

"And Guys meet my brother Seth."

"No way, he's your brother?"

Rockzy couldn't hide her excitement.

"The resemblance is uncanny."

Kevin sipped out of his smoothie as he glanced in my direction.

"So like are you guys triplets?"

Axle enquired, it's not like they were identical or anything. But being in the same calculated years as seniors would mean that they're within the same age.

"Yeah, we are."

Someone tapped me on my shoulder and I looked up, it was Tiger.

"She's not in the cafeteria, Seth."

"Oh."

The news pretty much gobbled off whatever was left of my excitement, I pressed out a smile.

"Anyway, thanks, Tiger."